[lostlogin]

> because of a performance review my engineering licence would be revoked and I would be kicked out of the industry.

Does this happen because train companies just decided to care or because regulators got involved? I believe it was the later. Regulation is often derided here on HN but good regulation does improve things.

[inigyou]

Europe has the Cyber Resilience Act and of course the more well known General Data Protection Regulation. They do not mandate licensing but they do establish liability when something goes wrong